Mike McClintock

Tiling qualifies as a do-it-yourself project because the materials come in little pieces. It makes a difference. Want to try an 8-foot-long slab of granite at 300 pounds for the...

After sitting idle for a year, your lawn mower needs maintenance, even if you prepped it for the winter layover. You could turn over the job to an outdoor power...

To exhaust stale air and bring in a fresh supply, what could be easier than opening some windows? That works on the few days with moderate temps when you don't...

Rain should flow off the roof across valleys, around vent pipes, past skylights, into a gutter and then to a leader that empties where the water can't flow back against...

Bashing into a crumbling old patio with a sledgehammer could be the fun part of a renovation project — and save time and money when you pay a contractor to...

They don't have a catchy name, so many people call them Fein tools after the German company that got there first. Now several companies produce oscillating tools — an oblong...

Standard wall framing for ages has been a box enclosing vertical 2-by-4 studs. Until to the 1950s, they measured up to their name. Since then, studs have gradually been whittled...

Like most fuel-saving home appliances, high-efficiency furnaces cost more than others upfront. That complicates the idea of upgrading. Does it make sense to invest in a new system when you...

Framing cavities of most new homes and renovations are stuffed with fiberglass batts. That's the standard, even through spray foam is a better insulator. It outperforms fiberglass on every scale...

The saying is that wood warms you twice: when you cut it and when you burn it. But if you have a chain saw and fell trees or cut logs...